Cash-generating coal winning back friends as battery metals lick their wounds

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Cash-generating coal winning back friends as battery metals lick their wounds

Gold hit the headlines in Paris and Kalgoorlie this week but the more interesting news for investors was the return of coal as an acceptable top tier commodity after years in the sin bin....
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First and second to gold and silver in the market olympics as war and rate cuts provide tail winds

Gold and silver were the stars on financial markets this week with more to come as interest rate cuts edge ever nearer and a wider war threatens in the Middle East....
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Gina abides by brokers’ adage that a bad market just means more bargains

All investment roads led to the U.S. this week as an overdue sell-off in technology stocks rattled financial markets, adding to a week of political upheaval and growing frustration with the slow pace of...
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Decades of news crammed into a pivotal week for investors

The gold-equities value gap continued to close this week after the metal reached an all-time high but that news was dwarfed by two major events: the Trump assassination attempt and the humbling of Andrew...
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Gold stocks start to close yawning value gap with bullion

A glaring disconnection between the price of gold and the share prices of Australian gold miners started to close this week but remains one of the few obvious buying opportunities in a lacklustre market....
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Potent brew of political and economic uncertainty makes for wobbly start to new FY

Markets limped into the new financial year this week, mugged by the reality of political change and slow-motion interest rate reductions....
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Inflation shocker boosts the case for cash and commodities

Australia’s inflation shock, which should not have shocked anybody, knocked investor confidence this week but has strengthened the case for exposure to cash and globally-traded commodities which sell in U.S. dollars, which is just...
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Gold and silver emerging as pick of the menu for FY25

Gold and silver are poised to be the early winners in the new financial year though largely because almost everything else is flat....
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Big banks talk up good times ahead for gold, copper and uranium as rates come off

“Buy the dip” is being heard more often as EOFY approaches, and not just in Australia. International investors are also warming to the possibility of slow but substantial cuts to interest rates next year....
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Bullion boom underway so buy the sector, say bankers

Canada kicked the interest rate ball into play yesterday, sparking an uptick in the gold price and a rare “buy the sector” recommendation from UBS....